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Tourists where and when they shouldn’t be

If you’re a regular user of the Tube then you’ll appreciate the angst. It’s a busy time in the rush hour, it’s already busy and then what? Well, you’re probably getting elbowed in the stomach or impeded on the platform by some tourist with a bag on wheels or with a badly folded map of Central London.

Yesterday saw a full day of the tube strike and, thanks to the sanctimonious BobCrow, London needed to find an alternative way to get to work. Many took a bus, packed onto a train, worked from home. I sensed that many drove as it seemed that there were more cars on the road.

stop driving the f&cking car, and start riding the bike, you utter muppet.

So more bikes is not a problem. More bikes on the road is a good thing and I do have a genuine esprit de corps with most cyclists but jeez these fair-weather interlopers who hadn’t cycled in a rush hour since the last tube strike really push that to the limit.

Here are some hints:

When you see other people stopped at a red light try to remember what red means.

You can’t suddenly change your mind and become a pedestrian and walk through zebra crossings, just wait like everyone else.

If you must stop and consult a map, at least shift yourself out of the road.

Pushing to the front of the group of other bikes at a traffic light is rude.

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